tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post5785890634140899289..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: Detainment At Heathrow....The Sending Of A 'Message' (Of Intimidation)RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-52886158353377039742013-08-20T12:24:39.194-07:002013-08-20T12:24:39.194-07:00" we are either guaranteeing failure or we mu...<i>" we are either guaranteeing failure or we must accept a certain level of error. "</i><br /><br />As if there haven't been major errors as is, like the claim of WMDs in Iraq in the lead up to the War Built on Lies!<br /><br />John Yoo is definitely someone who should be in gaol, and made to endure torture - if anyone deserves it, it is him. kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-80690663459458667932013-08-20T10:04:02.358-07:002013-08-20T10:04:02.358-07:00John Yoo, The Guy Who Wrote Legal Memos Defending ...John Yoo, The Guy Who Wrote Legal Memos Defending US Torture, Defends NSA Because It Takes Too Long To Obey The Constitution<br /><br />He argues that while the Justice Department should obey the 4th Amendment, it <b>should not apply to military and intelligence agencies</b> like the NSA:<br /><br /><i><br />Once we impose those standards [basic 4th Amendment respect for privacy] on the military and intelligence agencies, however, we are either guaranteeing failure or we must accept a certain level of error. If the military and intelligence agencies had to follow law-enforcement standards, their mission would fail because they would not give us any improvement over what the FBI could achieve anyway. If the intelligence community is to detect future terrorist attacks through analyzing electronic communications, we are asking them to search through a vast sea of e-mails and phone-call patterns to find those few which, on the surface, look innocent but are actually covert terrorist messages. <br /></i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-37939512989423314602013-08-20T07:41:16.148-07:002013-08-20T07:41:16.148-07:00Groklaw's obituary in The GuardianGroklaw's obituary in <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/20/groklaw-shuts-nsa-surveillance" rel="nofollow"> The Guardian</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-37279185930701663512013-08-20T07:15:18.976-07:002013-08-20T07:15:18.976-07:00I've been an anonymous part of a great communi...I've been an anonymous part of a great community for about the last <a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130515162826518&query=anniversary" rel="nofollow"> 10 years</a>. Today, as a result of illegal NSA spying, it went silent. The terrorist are winning - and they are our neighbours.<br /><br />Thank you PJ for everything you've done<br />RIP Groklaw.net<br />May 16, 2003 - August 20, 2013<br /><br /><a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130818120421175" rel="nofollow"> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130818120421175</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-32237138887414180502013-08-20T06:34:30.305-07:002013-08-20T06:34:30.305-07:00We are in very deep shit.
Indeed, 2112 and RossK ...<i>We are in very deep shit.</i><br /><br />Indeed, 2112 and RossK . . . .West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-27745185537184877202013-08-19T23:46:49.885-07:002013-08-19T23:46:49.885-07:00Saw this before heading off to work today....http:...Saw this before heading off to work today....http://www.juancole.com/2013/08/greenwald-terrorist-dictatorship.html<br /><br /><br />Then,on my way home, after berating a bus full of people for not having ONE window open on a hot August afternoon, I stood there looking around at all the dazed Sheeple, and thought........<br /><br /><br />We are in very deep shit.2112noreply@blogger.com